Support means with flow conduit therein for ceilings, walls and floor constructions

Claim 1

SUPPORT MEANS FOR MOUNTING CEILING, WALL AND FLOOR CONSTRUCTIONS AND FOR PERMITTING FLUENT FLOW OF A CONTROL MEDIUM BEHIND SUCH CONSTRUCTIONS, SAID SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISING: AT LEAST ONE SUPPORT MEMBER FORMED OF A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL ELEMENTS; EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO SPACED APART COPLANAR FACE PORTIONS AND AN INTEGRAL OFFSET PORTION THEREBETWEEN DIRECTED OUT OF THE PLANE OF SAID COPLANAR FACE PORTIONS TO DEFINE A FLOW CONDUIT PORTION; SAID ELEMENTS BEING DISPOSED IN OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID COPLANAR FACE PORTIONS ON ONE ELEMENT BEING IN ABUTTING CONTACT WITH SAID COPLANAR FACE PORTIONS ON SAID OTHER ELEMENT AND WITH FLOW CONDUIT PORTIONS BEING DIRECTLY OPPOSITE FROM EACH OTHER TO DEFINE A FLOW CONDUIT; MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID ELEMENTS IN SAID OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP TO THEREBY FORM SAID SUPPORT MEMBER; FIRST FLANGE MEANS PROJECTING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY FROM AT LEAST ONE OF SAID COPLANAR FACE PORTIONS AT ONE END OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER FOR MOUNTING A CEILING, WALL OR FLOOR CONSTRUCTION; SECOND FLANGE MEANS PROJECTING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY FROM AT LEAST ONE OF SAID COPLANAR FACE PORTIONS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SECURING SAID SUPPORT MEMBER TO A FIXED SURFACE; SAID FLOW CONDUIT BEING SPACED AWAY FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND FLANGE MEANS AND THUS BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIXED SURFACE AND SAID MOUNTED CONSTRUCTION TO PERMIT FLUENT FLOW OF A CONTROL MEDIUM THEREBETWEEN; SAID FLOW CONDUIT BEING OPEN-ENDED AND BEING COEXTENSIVE WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER TO ASSURE THAT FLUENT FLOW OF A CONTROL MEDIUM THROUGH SAID FLOW CONDUIT WILL TRAVERSE SAID ENTIRE SUPPORT MEMBER.